THE DURKSENARY

The city is building a new LRT bridge across the river just south of my office. An astonishing collection of people and equipment and cranes are part of an effort that's bound to go on for some time. What interests me most is thinking about the number of words that have gone into the project so far. Every big undertaking starts and ends with words. Before you dig the tunnel that leads to the bridge that crosses the river, you have to put the plan in writing.
We've been working on our own … [Read more...] about Please allow me to introduce…the whole construction crew!

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The Durksenary

The career that follows an undergraduate major in English and a Master of Arts degree in comparative literature is not always an obvious one. I opted out of pursuing an academic career, and fell into freelance editing.

I have been learning ever since.

Learning how readers read, how writers develop habits (good and bad), and how all of us use words in our professions. The language of lawyers and engineers and accountants and professors and editors continues to fascinate me. Very few professionals are aware that writing is also their chosen profession.

The Durksenary is where I go to capture what I learn from working with accidental writers, as their accidental editor and writing instructor.